David A. Kapelman's profile

    David A. Kapelman

    Top rated Personal Injury attorney in New York, New York

    Education Qualification:

    Fordham University School of Law

    Practice Areas:

    Personal injury,

    Appellate,

    Civil litigation,

    Medical malpractice,

    Animal bites,

    Construction accident,

    Premises liability - plaintiff,

    Trucking accidents,

    Wrongful death

    3 W 35th StNew York, New York, 10001

    First Admitted: 1977, New York

    Professional Webpage: https://www.kapelmanlaw.com/attorney-profile/david-a-kapelma...

    Bar/Professional Activity:
    • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Tort Litigation, 1989-1992)
    • 1981, U.S. Supreme Court
    • 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    • 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
    • 1977, New York
    • New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
    • New York State Trial Lawyers Association
    • Bronx County (Member, Judiciary Committee, 2013 – Present)
    Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
    • Recovery of $3.875 million in a Labor Law Section 240(1) case for a mechanical engineer who fell from a catwalk through an acoustical ceiling and sustained severe head injuries.
    • Recovery of $300,00.00 for victim of lead paint poisoning., 2022
    • Recovery of $500,000.00 for a pedestrian who tripped and fell over a raised manhole cover and sustained shoulder, elbow and nasal injuries., 2022
    • Recovery of $3,000,000.00 for a worker badly burned at a worksite., 2022
    • $1.2 million for a laborer who fell from a scissor scaffold.
    • A jury verdict of $1.1 million for a client who was struck by a vehicle that fell off a tow truck.
    • A $1.05 million settlement on the day of jury selection for a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle which mounted the sidewalk causing multiple fractures.
    • A $1 million settlement, after summation at a 3 week long trial, on behalf of the head of personal security for a major rock band who was struck by a vehicle driven by the Mexican Secret Service while trying to prevent what he thought was an attempted kidnapping of the band. The defendants (the concert promoters) had offered $50,000 at the beginning of the trial.
    • $950,000 for a construction worker struck by car at site.
    • Numerous recoveries for victims of rape and sexual assault, including a $900,000 settlement for a 7 year old boy who had been sodomized by another boy at camp.
    • $900,000 for trip and fall injury on a sidewalk obstruction.
    • Recovery of $900,000 in a result that established new case law in a Labor Law Section 241(6) case for a laborer who was injured when a 90 pound piece of ice fell from the roof of a power plant under construction in Plattsburgh, New York.
    • An $850,000 settlement for an Erb’s Palsy victim.
    • A $745,000 post trial award for a firefighter.
    • $675,000 for construction worker who suffered electrical burns.
    • A $625,000 settlement for a woman who was attacked by two dogs.
    • $615,000 for child bitten by a dog.
    • Numerous awards in lead paint poisoning cases, including $655,000, $575,000, $475,000, $425,000, $400,000, $390,000, $310,000, $300,000, $285,000 and other amounts.
    Representative Clients:
    • Recovery of $1,787,000 for a worker seriously injured by a machine., 2023
    Transactions:
    • Recovery of $500,000 for a pedestrian struck by a Department of Sanitation truck., 2021
    Honors/Awards:
    • AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
    Educational Background:
    • Cornell University, B.S., 1973
    • Bronx High School of Science
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